deliciously classic or wonderfully gross, these vintage recipes for kids from the golden magazine for boys & girls or jack & jill magazine are fun even if they don't make it to your table..
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i love eso ~ it's my home away from home (while still staying inside) ~ here's the family plot i have at my home, daggerfall overlook ~ my pumpkin patch here does much better than my real life one in the backyard ~ my horses ~ i have other pets...

it's kitten & puppy season ~ wendy's kids meal came with cool petz games & toys back in 2009 ~ based on the nintendo games of the same name ~ you could even get these great ubisoft cd rom games with dogz or catz :) ~ bren

have you heard of talking tom? ~ i have yet to see this animated show ~ apparently there's also a videogame ~ i picked up these cool cats at a neighborhood yardsale ~ he's a superstar ~ from a mcd's happy meal ~ i do enjoy black cats ~ it's...

pokemon cards today ~ based on the sword & shield games ~ a random pack ~ i posted about the games here (click for post) ~ click on cards in the category list in the sidebar anytime for more ~ click to check out raven's playthrough here ~ both games...

oldschool nes collector cards today ~ this nintendo game pack is from topps 1989 ~ & comes with game tips & scratch-off cards like this one with super macho man from punch out ~ as well as classic videogame stickers! like these with zelda, mario & double dragon images ~...

today raven's pokemon sword & shield playthrough debuts on youtube ~ he'll be playing an episode of each daily ~ full pokemon let's go pikachu & let's go eevee content will be included ~ he'll be a male character for pokemon sword ~ & a female for pokemon shield ~...

today my son raven's sekiro finale will be posted to his youtube gaming channel, we've watched him expertly platinum & conquer this game of the year award winner & hope you will too. not for the faint of heart or novice gamer, he makes it look easy.. it's Not. here's...

one last old wii game ~ cooking mama world kitchen ~ i like to think i know my way around the kitchen ~ but it seems i kinda suck at this virtual version ~ ug, big sister will have to help ~ there we go! ~ bren

another old wii game today ~ wii sports resort ~ let's jump in ~ from 2009 ~ this time it's raven playing ~ swordplay against someone named ryan ~ knocked him into the pool! ~ you win! ~ lots more to try on this one ~ bren

so i recently set up my old wii system downstairs thinking i should get back to my wii yoga routine ~ instead we've been waxing nostalgic about our old classic videogames ~ when raven was small he was enthralled with my final fantasy playthroughs & i remember the day i...

so i hear the biggest loser tv show is coming back? ~ i have the old wii game ~ with oldschool bob & jillian ~ i've never used this one for workouts ~ as someone with a heart condition, it's really good to see bob harper back on the show...

are you a card collector? ~ my son's elementary & jr high schools were right behind a little place called amazing comics down in socal ~ so i'd often stop in on my way to pick him up after school just to see what was new & grab a couple...

so last night we ended up watching most of rudolph the red-nosed reindeer on tv ~ again ~ so i thought i'd share this wii game i picked up & tried recently ~ from nintendo ~ you can play as a helper elf ~ misfit hermie ~ santa ~ yukon...

do you play elder scrolls online? ~ if you do, look for me & we'll kill stuff together (bren-ghost) ~ i just started recently in elsweyr, home of my beloved khajiiti ~ i've played elder scrolls games solo for decades ~ & so i finally took the plunge to mmo...

ghost stories (blood & butterflies..)

these are excerpts from the book toxic & i wrote about our childhood... it's called 'brenda was here'.. let me know what you think/comments? p.s. stories here are non fiction/true. (privately hosted ~ if you're interested in reading this just ask:)

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31 posts from July 2017

07/25/2017

i'm not the kind of collector that looks for mint toys in plastic packages, i've always said my favorite toys & books are usually the ones that have been well loved & played with, they have a kind of good energy about them ~

take this little vintage bear puzzle for instance, that was given to me by an old friend ~

reminiscent of other vintage wooden animal toys i've posted here at the lost & found before, nothing says childhood to me like the smell of old wooden puzzles or old wooden dollhouses, it takes me right back to my kindergarden classroom ~

before mr dad & i built dollhouses together we made a wood toychest for our son.. if i ever become a grandparent i am ready with natural organic toys & real books to balance out the slick plastic & iphone apps & games ~

& speaking of childhood, i spent every 4th of july watching the fireworks show at the queen mary docked in my home town of long beach, california, but the only time toxic tried to go onboard she suddenly felt sick & dreaded it inexplicably.. it is notoriously haunted, i found out years later, & even as an adult it always gave me a feeling of claustrophobia to be inside :O ~

victory made wooden puzzles from the 30s to the 90s, this one is nicely vintage, at least from the 70s or earlier ~

& last but not least is this sheep thrills puzzle from 1981, which is a favorite of mine & has been in my game cupboard forever.. by sue sturgill, an artist i have only now discovered i should check out further, i'll be keeping an eye out for her book 'i'm just a cat mattress' ~

growing up my grandma always had a jigsaw puzzle out that we'd work on, & my son & i put this one together one time, in the pre-kitty era at our house.. kitties are notorious for chewing up puzzle pieces & knocking them around into unreachable places.. lol :D i'm just glad i was able to share things like jigsaw puzzles, boardgame nights & drive-in theaters with my son.. would kids today even know what to do with this? ~

update: ok so i had to look into the matter of the cat, & as it turns out, in the original cinderella story the fairy godmother is a cat! so although it's not explicitly shown or told in this book, i believe the white cat became the fairy godmother. unlike the disney version which has a bad kitty named lucifer instead. confusing. why am i not told these things?